AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Redtail Grove Natural Area

Fossil Creek Trail

4 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 22 min

Fossil Creek Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Redtail Grove Natural Area near Trilby Corner, CO. It is mostly level, with 82 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,912 – 5,017 ft4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.50839, -105.06404
Nearest town Trilby Corner, CO
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Fossil Creek Trail

4 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 22 min

Elevation 4,911–5,015 ft

Out & Back · Redtail Grove Natural Area

Trailhead: 40.50839, -105.06404

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftBear right onto Fossil Creek Park Trail, heading S.
  3. 500 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  10. 1.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
  12. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NE.
  13. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  14. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  15. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftTurn right onto Fossil Creek Park Trail, heading SE.
  19. 500 ftBear left, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/fossil-creek-trail-out-back-6-km-4b26

Trail surface

84% paved16% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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